shoprj This is the worst movie i have ever watched. Its full of charters pretending to be important diplomats while constantly yelling and using language that becomes the story line. Do not bother, hell i don't know why i'm bothering writing this review. in the theme of the movie, It F**king S**ks.

grantss Insanely funny movie about British and American diplomats in the lead-up to a war. Incredibly sharp and witty dialogue. The one- liners come so thick and fast you will need to watch it a few times to make sure you didn't miss anything.Plot is good, though does lose focus from time to time. The plot is not important though - it is all about the dialogue.Given the razor-sharp script, you need people to deliver it, and the cast given that job is almost perfect for the assignment. To the fore is Peter Capaldi as the fast-talking expletive-loving name- calling nobody-respecting uber-intense Malcolm Tucker, the British government's head of communications. His performance is wildly over the top, and is side-splittingly funny.Tom Hollander plays the straight man to Capaldi's clown, and does it superbly. The remaining cast are good too - David Rasche, Anna Chlumsky, James Gandolfini, Mimi Kennedy, Gina McKee. Steve Coogan plays a low-key but excellent role as the disgruntled constituent.Surely one of the most under-hyped, understated, under-marketed masterpieces of all time.

Ed_Elliott This film has some funny lines, but is effectively just one formula for a joke, repeated again and again (Angry swearing if you were wondering). Some really good acting, Capaldi and Gandolfini for starters but it really felt like there was no plot, was more a series of sketches of more or less the same, swearing jokes. I don't know why people find it great, yes its political satire and might be very satirically representative and accurately funny. That doesn't translate into a good film however.There is also a lot of cringe involved in this film, i would summarise it as a)cringe and b)angry swearing. When I mentioned this film to a friend he said "Is that the one where he swears a lot". I think you are starting to get the gist by now

Matic Boh Although not as emphatic and cynical in its style, In the Loop does in many ways resemble Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece Dr. Strangelove, as its creator Armando Iannucci manages to produce a refreshingly intelligent comedy, that explores the behaviour of American and British political bureaucrats during the Iraq war era, in a witty and often hilarious manner. While Iannucci's trademark mockumentary style of filming adds to the idea of authenticity of the events depicted, the film's outstanding feature is undoubtedly the terrific writing that is based on a very colorful language and presents the audience with great dialogue, as one is exposed to an abundance of sidesplitting one-liners. The film sadly losses some of its momentum towards the end, and the pace eventually begins to undermine the clever writing, yet In the Loop deserves to be recognized as one of the sharpest political satires made in recent years.